Job Title : ServiceNow Associate Director Application Support Engineering
Job Location : Coppell, TX
Job Type : FTE
JOB DESCRIPTION :
Your Primary Responsibilities :
- Manage a team of Application support engineers(onshore / offshore) to support operational activities, deployments of new capabilities, patching and upgrades of the ServiceNow platform
- Lead all aspects of and help address production issues in a timely manner, including off hours and weekend as necessary
- Responsible for service level availability of production and non-production environments
- Responsible for collaborating with engineering, product and extended IT teams to ensure successful delivery of projects and support
- Represent ServiceNow team to implement organization's Disaster Recovery exercise
- Define and document policies, procedures, standards related to application operations
- Responsible for team's adherence to Clients regulatory and IT general controls and support for audit activities, as required
- Responsible for working with ServiceNow support and extended vendor team to maintain platform hygiene, address performance and other platform specific issues on all environments
- Produce performance / SLA reporting metrics for continuous improvement of the operations team
- Provide level 2 engineering support to complement engineering team
- Responsible for staffing, mentoring, and maintaining high performing operations team
- Collaborate with onshore / offshore team environment across US / India time zones
Qualifications :
Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or equivalentTalents Needed for Success :
At least 12+. of experience in IT management with focus on IT Applications operationsExcellent understanding of ServiceNow platform architecture, and standard processesStrong knowledge of ITSM processes and experience with JavaScript and REST APIsUnderstanding of third-party integrationsCertifications : ServiceNow System Administrator (CSA)Highly experienced with partner communication, knowledge of compliance standards, and handling audit activitiesAdept in balancing multiple competing priorities and project deliverablesExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to articulate technical solutions in clear terms to a variety of audiencesServiceNow Development; AI / ML capabilities will be desirableAdditional certifications on the following will be desirable : Application Development (CAD); ServiceNow Implementation Specialist (CIS) –Discovery, CMDB; ITIL